News tagged with harbor
NOAA Locates U.S. Navy Ship Sunk in World War II Battle
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NOAA-led research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, by a German ...
Australia investigates mysterious penguin killings
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first battered bodies were found on a small Australian beach, the white sand around them stained crimson with their blood. A few days later, the killer struck again - this time on the nearby cliffs ...
DNA may identify sailor 68 years after Pearl Harbor
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May 26, 2009 |
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The call came unexpectedly a few weeks ago, the sharp ring and a calm voice asking whether she was Starring Winfield's sister.
Exotic plant species are more widespread than native on Boston Harbor Islands
May 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent findings by a team of Northeastern University ecologists studying plant life on the Boston Harbor Islands may advance societal efforts to stem the damage caused by invading exotic ...
Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends
Mar 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Monitoring for endangered right whales off New York harbor is ending because the project has lost financing in the current budget crunch.
Scientists discover mobile small RNAs that set up leaf patterning in plants
Mar 01, 2009 |
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A key item in the developmental agenda of a plant leaf is the establishment of an axis that makes a leaf's top half distinct from its bottom half. This asymmetry is crucial for the leaf's function: it ensures that the leaf ...
Researchers identify gene that helps plant cells keep communication channels open
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Plant cells communicate via microscopic channels called plasmodesmata that are embedded in their cell walls. For the stem cells in the plants' growing tips, called "meristems," the plasmodesmata are lifelines, allowing nutrients ...
Scientists discover how 'companion' cells to sperm protect them from genetic damage
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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In plant pollen grains, sperm cells, which carry the genetic material to be passed on to progeny, are cocooned within larger "companion" cells that are called pollen vegetative cells. These companions provide sperm with ...
Scientists clarify editing error underlying genetic neurodegenerative disease
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Two molecular biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have uncovered important new details about how a gene mutation causes a cellular editing error that results in a devastating disease called pontocerebellar hypoplasia ...
Scientists find a new class of small RNAs and define its function
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announced today the discovery of a new class of small RNAs. At the same time, they reported that their discovery suggests the presence of a strikingly novel biochemical ...
A new world of research possibilities with 'Emerging Model Organisms'
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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How can moss help us to treat Alzheimer's disease? What can the lamprey immune system tell us about evolution? Can genetic studies of snapdragon populations help with efforts to conserve rare species? What ...
Novel publishing approach puts textbook in more hands
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Oct 16, 2008 |
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For the first time, a new edition of a major textbook will be simultaneously released in print and free online in a novel approach to publishing that permits the textbook to reach a wider audience.
Interdisciplinary volume on biological rhythms serves as both primer and in-depth resource
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Sep 04, 2008 |
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A variety of organisms—from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals—have biological rhythms, where the timing and duration of fundamental biological processes is naturally adjusted to allow them to adapt and survive, even ...
